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According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Watson and Mickles worked together at a local car wash business. On July 31, the two men and a third individual, identified in the affidavit as Stephen Gandarela, 19, went to a bar after work.

According to the report, Watson and Mickles drank until they were denied service because of Mickles’ “highly intoxicated state.”

Gandarela and Watson loaded Mickles into the car, then Watson drove off, the affidavit said.

As the men drove away, Watson drove into the stock pond, the document said.

Watson later told Mickles’ mother that he had managed to escape as the car as it filled with water, but didn’t believe that Mickles made it out, the affidavit said.

The document said Watson got out the car without trying to help Mickles escape, then walked more than four miles from the scene of the crash without trying to get any help.